Feds Questions Experts on Drug-Coated Stents
Officials Asked Experts About The Drug-Coated Stents Risks. Federal health officials asked experts Thursday whether the drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. pose a heightened risk of death or raise other safety concerns that require action. The two manufacturers of the widely … [Read more...]
Experts: Lens solution still a risk
People Still Using The Recalled Contact Lens Solution. People still using the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact-lens solution need to stop, Kenneth Goins, a University of Iowa clinical associate professor of ophthalmology, said Thursday. And they need to stop now. "I've just seen too many patients and too many problems with it," he … [Read more...]
Experts: Patches + heat = danger
Danger of Medicated Patches. Medical experts say medicated patches, used by 12 million people for a range of ailments, can become unsafe when heated by exercise, soaking in a hot tub, or even a high fever. And they think patients should be warned. "Most people don't realize that heat is going to increase absorption … [Read more...]
PARENTS GROUP MAINTAINS AUTISM IS PREVENTABLE AND REVERSIBLE
Autism Is Directly Related to Mercury Exposure. The battle lines could not be more clearly drawn. On one side are the experts who claim autism is not linked to mercury exposure (from childhood vaccines and other sources) and who agree with the position of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that autism is permanent and not … [Read more...]
Health Canada Too Slow On Drug Safety: Experts
Slow Drug Safety Monitoring Complain. Researchers who submitted a plan to Health Canada last year to improve drug-safety monitoring complain that the federal department has been too slow to act on it. Over the past year, as concerns grew around the heart risks of popular cox-2 painkillers, including Vioxx, Health Canada was … [Read more...]
